So happy to get his verbal commitment before the weekend! Now he can be out there recruiting DPJ (not like he needs to be talked into coming to Michigan), Najee Harris, Paris Ford, and Deron Irving-Bey.

My mentality is nervous. Can I not be nervous about going into The Shoe against a team I've only seen Michigan beat 5 times that I can remember?

I'm always on your side WD, but if you can't see merit to the thought of a possible outcome where we lose 42-13, and the media calls into question if Harbaugh can get us over the OSU hurdle, then I don't know what to tell you.

Winning this game would be equivalent to when we beat Washington State in 1997.

So if Michigan loses 42-13, you won't say we were overhyped this year?

I think there would be merit to that discussion if we are a no show, and our #1 defense gets steam rolled by OSU.

In my lifetime, I've only seen 5 wins. My optimism is very low anytime we play OSU. I'm deathly afraid of getting embarrassed again. A close loss won't feel any better. We need a win, for sake of the program, for Harbaugh, and for the fanbase.

Michigan is 5-13 against OSU (not including 2010) starting when I was old enough to understand football, and being able to brag about Michigan's success at school.

Our total margin of victory in the 5 wins is 45. OSU's total margin of victory in their last 2 wins is 43.

I'm sick of us losing, sick of us looking like a high school team against them, and sick of this "rivalry" being so one-sided that the national perception of this game is nothing more than an ordinary conference game.

Last year, we had a chance to do something special, and we got absolutely destroyed by OSU at home. If we get a similar result this year, Harbaugh's hype will have run out of steam, and he'll be facing a ruthless assault from all angles until he finally beats Urban Meyer and Ohio State.

I have my first ever marathon in 19 days, and I'm more nervous about The Game than I am about running my marathon.

I'm seriously freaking out about this game, because there is so much on the line, and I don't want that same feeling I got after that '06 game. My stomach still turns inside out thinking about that game.